December 10 – 14, 2023  Prof. Rolf-Detlef Treede and Prof. Christian Schmahl India visit

Prof. Rolf-Detlef Treede and Prof. Christian Schmahl came on a two-city scientific visit to India. The visit entailed Delhi & Bengaluru cities basis research interests overlap and to have closer interactions with colleagues from Neurology, Psychiatry and related areas for potential scientific partnerships and exchanges. In Delhi they visited Palliative Care Unit, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), meeting with Cochrane India at Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) Headquarters and GB Pant Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research. In Bengaluru, the visit was to the Centre for Neurosciences (CNS) at IISc and The National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS). During the visit, Prof. Treede delivered the high-profile scientific talk, “Chronic pain as a symptom or as a disease: perspectives on its pathophysiology and WHO classification for better management and self-management”. Prof. Treede and Prof. Schmahl participated as speakers in the Indo-German Panel Discussion on “Pain”. The visit has resulted in several outputs. An Indo-German workshop in year 2025 and an Indo-German joint funding proposal.